Diets

[Lindylou]

How can Points (Weigh Watchers) be converted into Sins (Slimming World) and vice versa.

[Wee Kaz]

What type of sins are you allowed i.e. is there a certain amount of calories you can have in each sin? Slimming world is a diet I've never tried but I do remember my friend doing a diet that allowed her so many sins a day, although in weight watchers every food is pointed and this is done by taking the kcals and the saturated fat in every food and using their points calculator you can calculate each and every food. The difference is in weight watchers as the advert says "No food is a sin" This is because if you want to have a bar of chocolate, packet of crisps or even a glass of wine you can as long as you have allowed for them in your daily allowance of points. My friend used to do either slimming world or scottish slimmers and her sins had to be within a certain amount of calories e.g. if one of your sins is a packet of skips, they work out at two points or a cadbury's ripple is 4 1/2 points but unfortunately I don't know the kcals off the top of my head but know the points in loads of stuff (my mum's a weight watchers leader) does this help any? If you need to know the points in anything else let me know and I'll try and help. :o) x

[Lindylou]

Thanks Wee Kaz. It's just that I've obtained a load of recipe books - Weighwatchers and Slimming World and I was wondering how to convert points into sins and vice versa. A 'sin' is approximately 20 calories. Any idea how many calories in a 'point'??

[Wee Kaz]

Unfortunately it doens't work that way as a medium slice of bread has approx 80 kcals and 0.80g of satruated fat which is calculated to be 1 point, although there are other food types which may have 80 kcals but have 1.5 g of satruated fat (sf) which makes the points jump up to 2 points so that's why it's hard to convert. I personally think that the sf is the most important as you burn calories in your sleep although this is not the case with sf's. A food could which is low in calories but could be screaming high in sf's which brings the points content a way up. This is why it's hard to convert as your diet works only on calories and weight watchers takes the sf into consideration also. Let me know if you need any more help. Good luck :o) x